The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-18
NON. e. ". sUTHER1LE.
The sT1ird Term and ''PerEnnalisnn'
Arguments Demolished.


Arguments Demolished.
State Senator Z. W. sutherlin Was ne1t in
PRODUCED. He said:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Citizens
The E0-cnlIpd ''rcformerBf in this eXtrAnrtl-
nary campaign are moving heaven slid EARN
70 find some reReOGB to discover some means
10 bring about the defeat Ut Gov. 64cEnery'
And to pat the stamp OF condemnation upon
d regular Democratic administrator. 4 e1!p,F-
citizens. they would Elfc their bstthflKht
freely, they would give their OWL right arm
III they could, in the desperation O. LDelF
efforts to find one single act OF IEaladulnis-
tration, or ono slngie neglect o. pt{bue amy
that would Justify ST your hands 2 teBlt59lsle
oenanEe al hepresbnt administration. They
overlook the progress that has been made in
this State during the present aGmtn-
istration They overlook Tao Tact that
Slge5,oT he iegess a she Mississippi from
the ArkhnBas line to the GlH have been en-
tlrsly rebuilt, wnlling that mighty llFeT bhat
MuwB from the Canada line ~ ths 5optleFR
Gulf, projecting the people on the BANKS Of
that great stream from Overflow, 13lludHtlon
and death. They Overlook the fact that when
Gov HcIlneTY came lnt0 the Executive once
OF ills State that the publiC securities OF thlR
State were not worth City cents, on the DOL
lar, whereas they are now worth IloIe than
ninety cents. They overlook The IRGt tnat
the assessed value q Ihe properly ID VIII
some 500, 600. coo or $40, 600, 600 Hnce
lie came into Office. Ibey overlook the TACT
that nearly double the number OF children
are attending the pubic schools Of ms state
than attended them When his berm 81 ONCE
began. In the desperation OF their efforts 70
find some TeRRuns FOR the condemnation Of
his administration, they have been driven 70
two single points. l Eefer 70 their arguments
on 'peTsonalism' and to the third term"
idea. ,--r,..-..,- -.,--.-,-
tTatiou has been personal one that he has
BDnpinted HIS friends to office IN the exercise
OF his patronage and Distributing power;
The overlook, teAlOw-eltlIens, the TACT that
when Gov McEnery was reAomlRabed and
reelected in 1884 that iii q letter written in
his own hand to the President Of tine United
States, Mr.. Cleveland, he earnestly and zeal
ouBly urged the Rppoln;ment0f
GEN FRED. \. OGDEN
10 high Federal office in this State. Gen.
Fred. Ogden WAS the champion q the re-
form" Idea, or rather the candidate Of the
reform faction IN 1854. After Coy: Nc
IneFyis nomination he, with n mGgnanimity
and generously that you will never nnd In q
reform administration if they should gain
this coRtest-l say that with Characters tic
generosity and magnaIinnty Coy. MCbnery
asked at the hands Of the President Of The
Office Of his opponent Gen. Fred. Ogden
(and revere the mans memory the leader
Of the y htte League who leo 1t to victory OF
the 18th Of September, 1874, and who, with
IL, overthrow the kellogg government al
mere ehnh. The letter that was written,
feliow-citi2en5, was BY Senator EuatlS, WIS
YOU here to-day, personally delivered
into the handB Of the President o
the Omitted States. The letter il seems, wa
unhseded, suppose because Senator EusA
President o. the United States a. lls ABtter'
himself ne is to-day, Judge bstllette, OF 81
Landry, who IN the isst state coiIE e1tl9sn Pm
Gem QRden, IA nominatiqIi - now sllloy1ni
at the hands Of COY. lIeEnerY lueratiy
aud honorable office. Judge Herman, one o
the circuit judges Of this State, IN tbs 3atol
cfiice AT his honds, and bis son was a lat
Candidate for Congress in the sixth district
end was opposed 70 the renonination Of Coy
iii N hot necessary, feIIgw-eitizens, I
weary your patience IN giving YOU every ~
stance. They 20 on down from his disti1
gqiehed opponent, Gen. Ogden from JudF
lstiilette and from nudge hernah' 70 "a
lowest officer Of the Slate. He has aHpoinse
men without regard ~ thelr personal Prefel
enees, whether they Hnted Tor him or Tllethe
they were against him. The sole test wit
him, according to my judgment and estima
ton, in tile selection uf lis Apprentices, la
been the efficiency cf the apppintees an
Their Democracy, and he hRn never inquire
whether they supported him Or whether the
NE are told By these reform orators that
they gain this victory fleir government vi
not be- personal one; but UNFORTUNATELY
ono Of their speakers at the Institution Of TIL
Extraordinary Canvass, III the parish pf Yves
Baton Rouge stated publicly before crow
AfcEuery we've masking such strenuous q
fort to retain him IN office was because N
MGEnery people knew that u Gov HlchQu
was DoDliapted the last one Of them would =
nut ont on Office That speaker feli9W-cltl
zenB was taken off the stump. he mas II
tired from the campaign, and We have no
heard from him any more.
myself to he next point that they urge be
fore audieneen Ia this State, and that Is
THE TRIED rgRsfn IDEA
DnAhG theory that Coy. mcEnery should 10
be elected again; that he BIAS held this efiG
for two teFnk, ann thst ID Is against DeunC
cratic usage for him to be hOnpred a tlif'
time, they have ndHlRed III the widest STATE
Inensa One Of the distinguished speaker
on tho reform siGe adyauced this third tei4
argUIneft in several speeches that he ia
made In this geaiiono 81 tie country, -0lle q
Them notably al Mansfield, 10 which / bR
the honor 70 Listen ] refer " ne other get
RIese From this q ts5riet.
ThHtnrgunept has been preserved It hn
been condensed aud published in tbs Nel
Ofleaiis Pieagtgie, and repubiishCa in jeifl
nal 81 This city, the Shreveport Denaolfal
which, 1 Now bQldtn my hand. ltseenls
~ tbe result pf q eareinl Research iyitJ III
G1uati tutiQNh Of every State IN The Bnl0
Eince IT'D Younda 81 IL NM aoYsaniaeut 4
order = prove tl1ak j Ii not Democratic usae
- eiest iipyfln1F Tor third term
~ ile erpflfE qf being .istle prpsy.
ploaea1 70 uiaoues ttlls 1nHtlar. and s. SO
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